Nigella 'Miss Jekyll' Seeds
Nigella Damascena
Blue nigella flowers + dried seed pods.
A rom-com of the garden, these sky-blue beauties, may look wispy and delicate, but Nigella is no damsel in distress and will be hardy to an English frost.
- Pot Fans
- Most Light Conditions
- Fuss Free
- Cut Flowers
- Nigella seeds are easy to germinate and quick to grow.
- A long season of blooms, even in the cooler months.
- Blooms make for excellent cut or dried flowers for your home with sculptural seed pods.
- Makes for great ground coverage over spring bulbs.
Delivered within 2-5 working days via our standard delivery
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- Nigella seeds are easy to germinate and quick to grow.
- A long season of blooms, even in the cooler months.
- Blooms make for excellent cut or dried flowers for your home with sculptural seed pods.
- Makes for great ground coverage over spring bulbs.
Delivered within 2-5 working days via our standard delivery
Standard Delivery
For standard delivery, we’ll work with our delivery partners to ensure you receive your delivery within 2-5 working days.
Express Delivery
You can also send this item the next day, just place the order before 11 am and we'll get it sent out the same day to arrive the following day.
Gifting
Want to send this as a gift? We can include a handwritten note, just add what you'd like to write at checkout.
If you’re worried about your delivery or have any other questions please get in touch at [email protected] and one of our team will come back to you as soon as we can.
For more information on our shipping services, have a look at our FAQs.
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Plant Details
About Nigella Miss Jekyll
Love-in-a-mist (Nigella) is a pretty and easy to grow hardy annual flower that was first from the Mediterranean and North Africa. Its a quick grower and an easy one from seed. Love-in-a-mist blooms in the summer on dainty upright stems clothed in feathery green leaves, and produce decorative seed pods which look great dried. Love-in-a-mist is often called a ‘sow and forget’ annual as the seeds can be sown direct in the soil and germinate reliably. Love in a mist makes an excellent and long-lasting cut flower, and the seed heads can also be dried and used in flower arrangements.
In The Records
Nigella has been grown in British and European gardens since 1548, but has been known since Biblical times when it is called ‘Bitter Fitch’. It was even found in the tomb of Tutankhamun implying it had an important role in ancient Egyptian practices.
| Features | Perfect for pots, pollinator friendly, hardy-annual and self seeds freely |
|---|---|
| Locations | Terraces, containers and garden beds |
| Effort Level | Needs some love |
| Botanical Name | Nigella Damascena |
| Other Names | Bird's nest, blue spiderflower, chase-the-devil, devil in the bush, garden fennel, Jack in prison, Jack in the green, Katherine's flower, kiss-me-twice-before-I-rise, lady in the bower, love-in-a-puzzle, love-in-a-tangle, St Catherine's flower, blue crown and devil in a bush |
| Plant Type | Annual |
| Pot Size | 20 cm |
| Pet/Baby Safe | Non-toxic |
| Number of Seeds | 200 |
| Sowing Tips | Sow a few seeds per hole in warm, damp well drained soil lightly covered |